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The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. and the Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. will today (Wednesday February 20th) host the second in a series of five regional forums with stakeholder in the education and skills sector.

The Ministers have brought together a range of figures from the Higher Education sector to gather views and exchange ideas on how third level education is developing.

Today’s forum is being held in Grangegorman on the site of the new Technological University Dublin and will focus on the Higher Education system, developing the next Higher Education Strategy and looking at how Ireland’s Higher Education system can prepare our students for the future world of work.

The forum will also focus on how best the Higher Education system can prioritise and deliver on learner needs and the challenges and potential opportunities facing Higher Education in the context of Brexit.

Speaking ahead of the forum Minister McHugh said: “I am delighted to see such interest in the stakeholder events. They are providing a valuable space to raise issues and thrash out ideas. We are creating an environment to bring people together and to promote collaboration, discussion and innovative thinking.”

Minister Mitchell O’Connor commented: “As Minister for Higher Education, I am looking forward to the opportunity to meet with stakeholders in the Higher Education sector and gathering their views on the sector as a whole. It is important that we are constantly engaging with those on the frontline in the Higher Education sector and that we are all working together to deliver a Higher Education system which not only meets the needs of learners but also can adapt to the future world of work”.

Notes to Editor

The five regional meetings will focus on the following topics:

Education and Training Priorities 2019 -2021

Future Skills and Brexit

Special Educational Needs

Higher education and technological university model

An Ghaeilge

Technological University Dublin (known as TU Dublin) will be the first Technological University (TU) in Ireland established under the Technological Universities Act enacted in March last year.